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The Viral Film Festival Hits Paris

Posted on September 10, 2008
Myrtille Bourdaud’hui

The Festival you’ve always dreamed of is finally going to become a reality: Vanksen | Culture-Buzz is set to launch its first Viral Film Festival in Europe as part of the Buzz the Brand conference. The event will be held in Paris and has been organized in partnership with Stratégies, a French marketing magazine, and DailyMotion.

Have you noticed that viral videos have been taking over the Web and are emerging as a real trend nowadays? We sure have. As a result, our agency has decided to put together this event in honor of these very videos.

In order to find the most creative videos on the Internet, Vanksen | Culture-Buzz has created a special contest.

Contest? Yes, contest. There will be awards and everything. Want to know more? Well, anyone can sign up to participate for free and submit their video(s) at www.viralfilmfestival.com. The submission deadline is set for this October 1st. So whether your videos are amateur or professional, or of an advertising or artistic nature, the contest is open to everyone. This is your chance to make your mark!

The awards ceremony will take place on the 21st of October in honor of the winners in the following categories:

Golden Wom for funniest viral video
Golden Wom for most original video
Golden Wom for most effective viral video (category reserved for advertising videos)
Golden Wom for UGC viral video (category reserved for independent videos)
Grand Jury Prize

In addition, a professional jury will decide on the winners. If you are familiar with the viral or marketing world than some of the following names might ring a bell:

Thomas Clément, Associate Director in charge of online operations at DDB Paris
Frédéric Fleurier, DailyMotion
François Kermoal, Editorial Director at Stratégies
Otto, blogger
Joe la Pompe, blogger
Vincent Parachini, Chief Project Officer, BIC
Emmanuel Vivier, CEO and Founder of Vanksen | Culture-Buzz

Participating videos will be shown at Cinéma Max Linder in Paris, a big name in Parisian cinema, to celebrate this special evening.

Important figures in the world of Internet are also involved in this event. DailyMotion is helping to spread the word online about the contest and has even created a special DailyMotion group in French. What’s more, a group has already been formed on Facebook. So, what are you waiting for? Get involved!

To attend the Festival all you need to do is register at www.viralfilmfestival.com.

However, you have to be a speedy Gonzales if you want to take part because places are limited!

This is sure to be an exciting evening that you won’t want to miss!